tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723210883605411154.post4650794266924620560..comments2023-05-29T07:05:02.715-04:00Comments on Ohio Woodburner OWB: Splitting ElmOhio Woodburnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14292452354739763517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723210883605411154.post-85988682787399258482011-12-29T19:43:08.631-05:002011-12-29T19:43:08.631-05:00Bushman...Thanks for visiting my site and the nice...Bushman...Thanks for visiting my site and the nice words. Regarding your elm, us woodcutters call that SDE which means "Standing Dead Elm." Usually the bark has fallen off and the once proud gem is a ghost. My best advice to deal with large elm rounds is to "noodle" them with a chainsaw. Noodling is not cross cutting. If you don't know this technique just go to YouTube and type in "Chainsaw Noodles" or "Dolmar Noodles" etc. You can quickly quarter an elm log by noodling it into manageable peices with very little wear on your chain. I am glad to meet you and hope to hear back from youi in the future. Safe Cutting.<br />OWBOhio Woodburnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292452354739763517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723210883605411154.post-40765633900917339102011-12-29T07:12:45.079-05:002011-12-29T07:12:45.079-05:00Hey there OWB,
Came across your site while researc...Hey there OWB,<br />Came across your site while researching white elm. I was out cutting yesterday and came across a giant elm. 80 ft tall,30 inch diameter, dead, no bark. I thought it was red elm, (newbie) and after felling it, cutting rounds I hauled it back to the house only to have my hydraulic splitter fight like hell to get through it. This stuff is awful to split. I haven't even got to the main trunk yet. I bet there is 3 more loads on that tree. All of the small branches had broken off the tree and it looks to have been dead for a few years but it still seems green on the inside. Any tips on using the rest of the tree? It's at my brother in law's place and I don't want to just leave it lay even though it is out in the back fourty. Maybe round it out and let it sit till next year? Cool blog by the way. You can check out mine called The High Cost of this Low Living. Just follow my profile. Thanks a bunch!Bushmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578478269526006557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723210883605411154.post-56846984396153233952011-02-14T14:59:28.438-05:002011-02-14T14:59:28.438-05:00I have been burning elm most of this winter. I cut...I have been burning elm most of this winter. I cut down two very large dead elms and had know idea what they were at first. in order to split them I sliced the trunk into 8" slices and then quartered that with a chainsaw....my log splitter will be junk by springtime but darn the burn is worth the trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723210883605411154.post-45034350759176285622009-08-10T21:57:23.377-04:002009-08-10T21:57:23.377-04:00great story....neighbor had a deal elm and said I ...great story....neighbor had a deal elm and said I could cut it for firewood......dropped it last week and cut it up. Had no idea how difficult Elm is to split. I have a gas powered splitter and had little success splitting....I actually thought something was wrong with my splitter.......<br />regards,<br />mntAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com